Green Paper

Collage Sheets and Book Covers...

A few exclusives in the Etsy shop...

If you'd rather get some actual collage sheets, rather than digital, I have some in my Etsy store. These are duplicates of the ones I have made for myself - professionally printed on light weight cardstock. I just plain have too  many right now, so I'm sharing.

I have a set of 13 from the catalog collection:

 
And a set of 14 from the Baby's Bouquet:

 As I mentioned before, I am trying to de-stash...so you may see some quirky things coming to the shop. Speaking of which...

A set of 6 vintage and antique book covers - just the covers mind you - these are great for turning into journals or gluebooks, assemblages or whatever. Each of the covers is pretty, a couple are just plain gorgeous.

 Thanks for checking out the store, I am trying to get it stocked back up, so bear with me!

Finally More in the Etsy Shop...

Finally some paper and treats available in the Etsy shop! I am determined (yet again) to pare down my collections! Here's a glimpse at some of the new stuff:

One lot of ALL of these snapshots! There are about 190 in this lot, and it's the only one I have available. It ships in the US for free:

 
A very cool old album cover - yep, just the cover, ready to be converted into a book or wall hanging. For a fun bonus, the inside back was decorated with victorian calling cards:

 
Paper assortments are back - yay!

 

Little paper fortunes - great accents and messages!

 
Assortments of 100 game cards, that should keep you busy!

 
 
I found a few more of those Farmers Exchange order forms, so I'm sharing:

Pretty album pages:

 
The poetry pages I've been using in my gluebook - they're here too:

 
There's more in the shop that I haven't shown, so stop by and take a look if you have a minute.

And more coming as I clear off the desk...and the boxes...and the closet. Wish me luck.

New Etsy Listings...

In case you're shopping on Etsy today, I have some new listings in my shop, like Vintage Book Cover journals, old CDV pictures and some collage sheets. I've also reactivated a few old favorites, some are limited, others one-of-a-kind. Here are a few pictures, you can view everything I have available HERE.

 
 
  
 

 
I hope you'll take a moment to stop by!

What do YOU want...

It's that time of year... to force yourself to give a true answer when someone says, "what do you want?"

This year, I seem to have loads of ideas.

Right now, you're probably buying for others, making gifts for others, adding more and more activities and responsibilities, taking less and less precious 'me' time. 

   
Mixed Media supplies on Etsy

Be nice to yourself! Make a little list of the things you want (with assorted prices!) and actually pass it on when someone says..."what do you want this year?"

 

online clubs and classes

...And, are you looking for something quick,easy and affordable to make for others? Maybe more than one? How about a calendar for next year? The 1927 Postcard calendar is just $5 and the days and dates match 2011... Print the pages on some cardstock and then use any binding tool you might have, or just pop some rings into them.  Maybe a ribbon and you're all done.

 

By the way....the thankful images sale is going on through this week, so you still have a bit of time left to get some bargains!

Found Objects

Don't you see that term - found object - and ask yourself, what in the world are found objects? I think they're little vintage bits and pieces of paper ephemera, game pieces, numbers or letters, tags, little toys, etc...they're the things that people use in art which make you say. "where do I find THAT?"

I always think of found objects as obscure, unusual and maybe just plain hard to find.

Anyway, I came across some fun new things, plus a few of my old favorites. I also went through my stash of bits and pieces, then I listed these terrific found items in my Etsy shop. 

These run the gamut from rare things I've only spotted a couple times all the way through to vintage pieces I've collected that look really old and distressed!  

But, if you're like me and you love the odd, unusual, distressed and shabby...well, I have some things you may like. Please stop by my Etsy shop if you'd like to take a look at all of the found objects I found...

 

New Ephemera Book and Download Collection

I've been catching up on some to-do's, including some I promised a few of you a while back. 

Quite possibly the nicest Ephemera/Gluebook Kit I've ever compiled is available right now. The pages in this one are amazing.

 

 

See more pictures in the Etsy listing HERE.

For those of you who like to use the real thing, a few genuine Logomachy card sets are available right now too.

 

The Bible Verse Calendar is finally scanned and compiled for online delivery. I've included all of the months as jpegs plus 6 PDFs already prepared. Print the PDFs, cut them out, add ribbon and you have an instant desk calendar. You won't have to adjust sizes.

You can buy it on Etsy and I'll email it to you, or buy through my e-store if you like immediate delivery.

 

And I got smart and made the Your Vintage Gluebook online class available on Etsy for the first time, in case you prefer to shop there.  I created a couple new pics for the Etsy listing, so I'm showing them here too:

 

I think that's it for now! Thanks for checking out my offerings!

Ephemera Book, Journal, Gluebook, Whatever...

I've been making ephemera book kits this weekend, I haven't done that in a long time! 

I recently had some questions about using these kits to make gluebooks. This time I added even more papers, especially the kind I use in my own gluebooks, like pages from French dictionaries, old readers, travel books , etc.   

 Here are all the kits, all ready to go: 

 

 Three are listed on Etsy so far.

  I'm planning to have the other two listed by tomorrow. The link to all of the book kits is HERE.

French Dictionary Pages

I haven't shown you anything from from my Etsy shop for a while, I'm afraid I've been neglecting it a bit. I added a few things today, including a really great assortment.

 If you're a paper addict like I am, you'll be glad to know that I listed a big quantity of French dictionary page packages. They're a mix from 3 different size books, each an early 20th century LaRousse. 

These are the dictionary papers you see so often as backgrounds in my gluebooks, infinitely versatile.  

Most of the pages have illustrations; they all have beautiful vintage color. In each lot there are 4 each of the small and medium size and 6 of the large size.

I always feel like you need certain kinds of paper in any collage stash, dictionary pages are usually at the top of that list. These are fun in French, and it's so unusual that I would have 3 sizes at once. 

So, stock up now if you'd like some, I can't image I'll ever have this kind of assortment again. Each package of 14 pages is $5.00 which includes US shipping. 

You can find the French Dictionary packages, with lots of other basics and vintage extras, in my Etsy shop.

A few additions to the shop...

I added a bit of stock to my Etsy store today, including a couple fun things that surfaced this week...

a farmer and his livestock...

  

a lot of 50+ snapshots

 

an ephemera assortment:

an assortment of shabby dolls:

 

and Ephemera book kits, like this one: 

     

which joins this one:

  

 

I hope you have a great weekend!

What's New

Yesterday was craft day at Karla's and it was wonderful. Everybody was there: Beth, Marilyn, Shawn & Bethany. I don't think I've laughed so well in months. 

The food was delicious - everybody pitches in and brings something. Shawn brought beer cheese soup and homemade pretzels, Marilyn brought a decadent fruit salad, Beth brought her chicken salad and Karla stocked us up on deserts. I pitched in some fresh veggies. 

For a change I didn't bring my paper or my gluebook, but Marilyn brought hers. Shawn worked on cards and Beth and Karla both made tags for Karla's upcoming Alice Tag Book Swap. 

I worked on my fabric cuff for Lilla LeVine's tutorial for Artist Class. I'd tell you that I'm proud to have sewn all of it by hand, but then I would have to admit that I don't own a sewing machine.  It's one of those purchases I just keep circling, I'll probably break down eventually. 

Lilla's version has bits of lace she dyes herself but I didn't get to that part of the instructions yesterday...

Yesterday Beth brought vintage finds for me - she always has cool things I want to buy so we do our business on craft day. Yesterday I scored a 1914 Larousse French dictionary, a little date book and a bunch of vintage seed bags. All very cool. 

 

Today I cut up one of the seed bags. I'm using the fabric for the project in  Teresa McFayden's Freestyle Embroidery E-Zine. (you thought I only did Artist Class tutorials, didn't you?)

This fabric's a little rougher than the linen Teresa recommends, but should still work fine. My embroidery skills are so rusty that a rough fabric might be a great match with my wonky stitches. I did part of the project and then practiced some French knots...most turned out pretty well.

Yesterday I learned that Beth is also doing Teresa's e-zine. She may use seedbag fabric too.  Beth's so nice, she asked if I needed any floss. She doesn't know about my half finished cross stitch projects. 

So, here's my floss box:

 

I hope no one finds out about the incredible amount of jewelry making supplies I own and rarely use anymore. My secret's safe with you, right?